NEW DELHI: The Modi government needs to focus on welfare of ordinary citizens in the upcoming Budget and earmark more funds for the manufacturing sector to boost small businesses and create more jobs, former World Bank chief economist Kaushik Basu said on Tuesday. In an interview with PTI, Basu further said it is critically important […]
NEW DELHI: About 51 per cent of the applications received under the PM CARES for Children scheme for COVID orphans has been rejected, according to officials. Launched at the peak of COVID-19 cases in India on May 29, 2021, the PM CARES for Children Scheme aims to support children who lost their parents, a legal […]
NEW DELHI: The Centre informed that electronic goods exports increased by 16.91 per cent in the month of June (year-on-year), bolstered by the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme. The exports increased from $2.42 billion in June 2023 to $2.82 billion last month, according to data shared by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. In April, the […]
NEW DELHI: NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL), the international arm of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), has signed an agreement with QNB, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, headquartered in Qatar, to launch QR code-based Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payments across the Gulf nation. This will enable UPI payment […]
NEW DELHI: Highlighting the importance for brands to prioritise data security, about 82 per cent of Indian consumers stated that the protection of their personal data is one of the most crucial factors in earning their trust, a new report revealed on Thursday. While 83 per cent of consumers value knowing their devices secure their […]
TEL AVIV: Hardline Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called on the prime minister to annex the occupied West Bank if the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rules Israeli settlements are illegal this week. Smotrich told reporters, “no one will move the people of Israel from their land”, the Times of Israel quoted him as saying […]
UNITED NATIONS: UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has urged global leaders to redirect resources from warfare to peace and sustainable development initiatives. Speaking on behalf of Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Mohammed on Monday called for immediate and decisive action to salvage the faltering Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Xinhua news agency reported. “Conflicts in Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine, […]
WASHINGTON: The US Secret Service has said it would participate fully in probes announced by President Joe Biden and members of Congress, after its agents failed to prevent a gunman from shooting and injuring former President Donald Trump over the weekend. The FBI says it is investigating the incident on Saturday at a Trump rally […]
NEW DELHI: Two UN agencies have called for a catch-up in child immunisation, warning global vaccinations of children stalled last year, leaving 2.7 million unvaccinated or with insufficient inoculations. The latest World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimates of national immunisation coverage provide the world’s largest and most comprehensive dataset on […]
NEW DELHI: Contracting COVID-19 may accelerate the onset of visible symptoms of type 1 diabetes in children, an autoimmune condition, according to a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Researchers found that children infected with the virus and in the early stages of type 1 diabetes without displaying symptoms, progressed […]